favorite cliché
 

What's your favorite horror movie cliché?

Freddy vs Jason was soooo close...


my favorite is people completely lacking any motor skills and center of gravity when they need it the most

Checking to see if the body is dead.

Heading TOWARDS the creepy noise instead of running like hell!!!

Not picking up the gun/various and sundry weapon.

lol good one. i think that ppl having sex then getting killed is cliche' along w/ the killer always comes back no matter how many times u have killed him

The girl who always goes into the basement to investigate the strange noise. Hell I'm 6ft. 210 and I hear a strange noise I'm screaming and running like a little bitch should.

Awww, that's so cute sounding!

Clichè, hmm. The bus full of kids breaking down on the stormy night infront of the mostly deserted, creppy old hotel. My favorite, 'cause you know what's going to happen. You just know. Fun, fun, fun!

I like the counter scare....you know when it doesnt jump out but then it does a second later that my favorite cliche because I know its coming and some people dont.

drugs or alcohol = Dead, in slashers and most horror. Thats the most tired one for me. When i see someone hitting a joint or drinking a beer in a horror film, you know they are automatically next to get it......predictibility really does kill horror movies.

The killer being the "least obvious" one...

When the person goes by themself and gets killed.

children singing.

i mean it worked for nightmare on elm street but after that it became a lame cliche and doesn't scare anyone

The animated doll thing...

I just watched Dolly Dearest, It isn't much different from Child's Play (except Child's Play is better)...Stuart Gordon's Dolls puts a little different spin on it, as does Ragdoll, Pinnochio's Revenge, Ghosthouse and the Puppetmaster movies

Still...It's a bit cliche

Had to read the whole thread to make sure these others weren't mentioned:

1) The cars never start
2) Complete silence...Then the loud, sudden, jump scare
3) Looking out a dark window, something comes crashing through it
4) Chicks with big boobs HAVE to take their clothes off (I think it's a requirement or something)
5) Creaky doors
6) Basement lights burn out/burst
7) Tripping/falling down basement stairs
8) Asshole always dies fast
9) Old guy that everyone loves, as soon as he says, "This is my last day on the job", "I'm retiring after this", or gives you his whole life story and endears himself to you...He's dead...You KNOW he's dead...
10) If there's water...A lake, pond, pool...Someone usually ends up dead in it...
11) Big black attack dogs in gated cemeteries...What ARE they protecting?
12) Cemetery fences/gates with spikes on top...Somebody's gonna get snagged, injured or impaled on them
13) Run out of gas/break down at night in a storm...Go to old farmhouse to use the phone...You're dead

Goddamn right it's a requirement!

Firing guns.

Even expert marksment have a very difficult time firing a gun accurately with one hand, let alone a gun in each hand, one being the person's off hand. It's nigh unto impossible to shoot a target accurately when you're holding the gun sideways.

That is a silly silly thing to see.

Going back to see if the bad guy is really dead....



Forgetting the car keys...



locking yourself in the bathroom with only a little window escape from..

Yeah, every time when the masked maniac gets knocked unconscious or whatever, they always leave him there. Then they walk away and of course he gets up again and comes after them again.

Why don't they at least bash him in the kneecaps a couple of times, you know, give him a couple of painful bruises at least? Something to slow the sonofabitch down when he wakes up, right?

Or if you clobbered him in an Indian restaurant, you could pour some hot chili-mint chutney on his eyes while he's unconscious. Believe me, he won't be following you again any time soon! He'll wake up screaming, jump to his feet, and probably run straight into the nearest wall!

Or the reverse...Trained shooters (police, etcetera) who fire a multitude of rounds...And don't hit shit...


OH...How about...Cars that explode when you tap them?:rolleyes:

Remember the helicopter in Island Of It's Alive?...One of the babies attacked the helicopter pilot...The helicopter exploded...WTF?...It didn't even hit anything...Just exploded in midair over the water...It actually made us laugh...

It had one of those Mutant Baby Self-Destruct things. I've seen 'em. Explodes automatically when a mutant baby attacks.

One phrase for you :

"Maybe we should split!"

Classic.

"Let's get outta here!"

when the "monster" is in the back seat of the car

hahahahahahaha.!!

having sex minutes before you die

What was that movie, it came out a couple years before Scream, there's some kids in the woods, one of them realizes he's inside a horror movies and tries to tell everyone how to stay alive, but nobody listens to him.

blondes..(no offense ppl)..
why is it that the blondes on these movies are depicted
as the stupid bimbo's and always end up the 1st to be killed.?